In addition to the Android model, LG announced in early September that it will be introducing a minimum of 13 new smartphones over the next 16 months that utilize Microsoft's Windows Mobile.
The French luxury conglomerate and parent company of brands like Gucci and Balenciaga has introduced a minimum of 14 weeks maternity leave and five days paternity leave for its 38,500 employees worldwide.
Before that day, all 2600 graphics ever seen were made using a #2 pencil, a sheet of graph paper, a lot of erasing, and a list of hex codes that were then retyped into the source assembly code, typically introducing a minimum of two pixel errors per eight-by-eight graphic stamp".
It aims to introduce a "parallel currency" for domestic use, keeping the euro for international trade; have a single, flat rate income tax for companies and individuals; abolish housing, inheritance and road tax; double the minimum pension; introduce a minimum income of €1,000 a month for all and block new immigrant arrivals.
I was encouraged to see that Human Rights Watch, a member of Girls Not Brides, recently issued a report calling on the government of Yemen to introduce a minimum age of marriage in a country where more than half of girls are married before they turn 18.
The Scottish government tried to introduce a minimum price of 45p per unit of alcohol but the measure was thrown out by the Scottish Parliament.
The move followed the scrapping of plans to introduce a minimum price of between 40p and 50p per alcoholic unit, which ministers argued would unfairly penalise responsible drinkers.
On Monday the shadow chancellor announced the party would introduce a minimum wage of £10 an hour if it was voted into power.
He is encouraged that the SPD has pledged to introduce a minimum wage – of €8.50 – but believes it is not going far enough – anyway, they introduced the mini-jobs in the first place.
Ms Merkel stood firm against SPD demands for tax increases for the rich, but to clinch the deal she agreed to introduce a minimum wage of €8.50 (£7) per hour, which some economists have warned could push up unemployment.
